How to Use an Airbrush

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Twelve detailed projects teach modelers how to airbrush through detailed, step-by-step instructions. Readers will learn how to camouflage military vehicles, apply custom paint schemes for stunning auto finishes, and correct the "orange peel" effect, cracking, wrinkling, and other paint problems.

Bob Downie is an experienced modeler who has spent more than 20 years with advanced airbrushing techniques. His show-stopping finishes have won numerous Best Paint awards in competitions, including a Best Paint/Finish award at the 1997 GSL International Model Car Championship. A frequent contributor to Scale Auto magazine, he is a professional industrial designer with his own design and illustration firm in Atlanta, Georgia.